Best connection for DVD player?

In honor of picking up the SW DVDs today (and finally having a TV that has actually has all the right ports), I've decided to pick up some better cabling to hook up the DVD player. The TV has both S-video and the multicolored jacks (the 5+ set that has red, yellow, green, blue, etc.) but I'm wondering which connection is better? I recall hearing s-video would be best, but can someone enlighten me?

m19

 

Component video (the multi-colored jacks) is the best connection, and the S-video would be your second choice.

 

For the colored cords could use a higher quality wire same connector as video cable,,,but black wire with connector fittings that are gold plated for better coductivity = better proformance and also endurance of better componant lifespan, just red to red black to black,,etc.....,ya get what ya pay for LOL , Glenn

 

The component hook up is the way to go. I went out and bought $60 Monster cables for setup. Crystal Clear!

Also check and see if your Dvd player has fiber optic sound out. I have a fiber optic lead going to my receiver which then goes out to 7.1 speakers. It is some of the best sound i have ever heard.

At first i had an analog hook up for the sound. When i switched over to a fiber optic connection, i all most died. I couldnt belive what i was missing!



cooked

 

digital optical, yeah?

Interestingly enough, the high end live event mixing stations are starting to move towards digital... they already have digital radio packs and recivers, so now instead of having copper XLR cabling going from the backstage to mix position, they have infinitley more fragile fiber-optic cables going from backstage to mix position. Right now there doesn't seem to be a clear standard for fiber optic connectors in the professional field.

There are, however, lots of pitfalls from going from analogue to digital mixing. For a start, the best live digital mixers right now run on windoze ME. "You have to be KIDDING me" you say. No, I am not. they run on ME because the control software doesnt run reliabley on any other OS. Obviously, this is more prone to crashes than say, unix, or dos, or heck even Linux. Anyone who has done anything to do with live events will know you always have at least 2 backup plans

Easy enough, you can have a mirror machine (basically the brains of the mixer in a big black box behind you) which you can switch over to should the main machine crash. However since they both get the same input, if there is a systematic bug in the software, both crash at the same time.

Then you have no sound for 5 minutes while the main desk reboots... but it gets worse. Since the computer isnt controlling the outputs anymore, they default to non-EQ simplest signal path (usually input to subgroup to output) ... and so its just like pushing all the faders up. And digital feedback is 9^9999 times worse than analogue feedback. Ouch.

Not even mentioning the fact that the signal coming into the mixer is phase reversed due to the encoding process of the transmitter backstage, and so you need a software "effects" chain to reverse it. Hmm.

Obviously these arn't unsolvable problems, but things I've noticed happening in the Sound department while the trials of digital equiptment is going on.

But anyway... when it all works, digital sounds decent

And, uhh, yeah.. don't you guys have SCART over there??
http://www.rfconcepts.co.uk/scart.jpg

 

What is use for sound

What i use for video

Prices seem to have gone up a bit.



cooked

 

Looking good.

TruthfullY i have a better setup in my room, then we do in the living room.

My parents just dont appreciate the quality!

My Room:
27in Flat Screen Daewoo TV
Toshiba DVD Player
Toshiba VCR
PS2
Game Cube
Computer

All hooked up to:
Sony 7.1 Surround sound system 100W x 7
Sony surround speakers 100W RMS 150W Peak
100W Sony PWRD Subwoofer

I love my setup. My parents like it to when they are watching something on it. Any other time they are yelling to trun it down.

A down side..My tv has been MIA for 2 months...crappist service at Daewoo!!!!



cooked

 

likewise with the sub, all paired up with custom speakers, all three of which i built myself i'd have surround sound, but A: it's too expensive, and B: it's waay overrated. it's a shame, though, that i'm going to have to abandon my speakers since there's not enough real estate in my dorm room what can one do:/ now i'm strictly a headphone guy, and probably will stay that way too since it's a lot more cost effective than building my own speakers.

my setup:
powerdvd 5 for movies
foobar 2000 for music
leadtek tv/fm tuner with video in for tv/radio
a large hard drive so i can do pseudo-tivo'ing
19" monitor
m-audio transit with ath-a900's hooked up to it
cheap cmoy amp hooked up to the leadtek right now since i can't monitor the aux in on the transit
it's not much, but hey: it's great sound and video on a budget. i'm thinking about getting an E-MU 1212M, although a 0404 will probably be more in my budget. *sigh* the $$$ i spend on audio

as for the family setup... well, it's not even worth mentioning

as for video on a hardware dvd player (the actual topic), i prefer dvi, although dvi on a dvd player and tv are hard to come by. component probably next in line, then... well, that's it. svideo and composite are just too fuzzy for me:-/

 

i just find surround sound very gimmicky. if i really want surround sound, i can just turn on crossfeeding for my headphones or speakers and it'll emulate it well enough. to each his own, i guess. i'm just one of the rarities that don't appreciate surround sound as much as others.

 

hey hey hey!!!! I tried to get it back on topic, but nooooo.......

btw, i like popcorn with my movies. how about you?

 

Oh you dont know what you are missing. There is nothing better then watching a war movie and frequently ducking thinking bullets are coming over your head!

Popcorn! How could you not like popcorn!

I cant stand that bagged stuff, so i make my own. We kinda have a secret family receipe. The best popcorn you will ever have!

Good night all



cooked

 

Guess that means you're not gunna share

Surround sound in the home generally speaking is a bit, well, overrated. Nowhere NEAR as good as a real THX cinema setup. But then, it doesn't need to be anywhere near as LOUD Surround sound is good for movies, and the occasional SACD (pink floyd remaster is really kewl ).

Oh yes and there is this one guy who made an audio DVD which is in surround sound, made specifically for surround sound. Sounds like it could be cool, but I've not listened to it just yet.